Melanie M. Lamb

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Melanie Lamb focuses her practice in the areas of real estate, business transactions, creditors’ rights in bankruptcy, labor and employment, and estate planning and administration.

Ms. Lamb assists individuals and lenders in various transactions, including commercial loans, options, purchase and sale agreements, and leases. She also represents real estate developers in residential, commercial, and mixed-use projects. Ms. Lamb has advised many clients in the formation of business entities and in asset purchase transactions.She is also available to assist employers with employment agreements and employee handbooks and to counsel employers on a variety of employment matters. Ms. Lamb also provides estate planning services to individuals with estates of varying sizes.

Prior to attending law school, Ms. Lamb worked in the legal department of a Fortune 500 company. While at the University of Tennessee College of Law, Ms. Lamb represented small businesses and nonprofits in the UT College of Law’s Business Law Clinic.

Ms. Lamb is a native of the Tri-Cities area and returned here to practice law in 2008. She lives in the Watauga Street Historic District in Kingsport with her husband Greg and their cat and Boston Terrier.

Experience

Representation of real estate developers in development of residential, commercial and mixed-use projects, including condominium and planned unit developments

Representation of various financial institutions in commercial loans, residential and commercial foreclosures and creditors’ rights in bankruptcy